ICD Coverage Saga Reaches Dénouement With SCD-HeFT Study Publication
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
CMS says it likely will issue a final ICD coverage decision Jan. 26, with the publication of Medtronic's SCD-HeFT study in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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